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GeForce GTX 1650

3.6 · 4,045 votes
Best for 1080p esports gaming

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VRAM
4 GB
CUDA
896
FP32
2.984 TF
Bandwidth
128 GB/s
TDP
75W
Boost
1665 MHz
Strengths at a Glance

How it stacks up to the flagship

Each metric is shown as a percentage of the GeForce RTX 5090 D, the strongest card we track.

FP32 compute2.984 TFLOPS3%
vs RTX 5090 D: 104.8 TFLOPS
Memory bandwidth128 GB/s7%
vs RTX 5090 D: 1790 GB/s
VRAM capacity4 GB13%
vs RTX 5090 D: 32 GB
Shading units8964%
vs RTX 5090 D: 21,760
Power efficiency13/10022%
vs RTX 5090 D: 58/100
Synthetic Benchmarks

Estimated benchmark results

Each result is shown as a share of the RTX 5090 D's score in the same test.

3DMark Time Spy6,840pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 36,000 pts
3DMark Port Royal (RT)3,420pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 18,000 pts
Blender (samples/min)988spm
vs RTX 5090 D: 5,200 spm
Geekbench Compute48,000pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 240,000 pts

Performance breakdown

Gaming19
Ray tracing19
AI / Compute20
Creator / 3D19
Power efficiency13
Real-World Gaming

FPS Across Resolutions

1080p · Ultra preset1440p · Ultra preset4K · Ultra preset
Cyberpunk 2077avg 23 fps
1080p
42
1440p
18
4K
9
Counter-Strike 2avg 52 fps
1080p
102
1440p
37
4K
16
Fortniteavg 45 fps
1080p
82
1440p
41
4K
11
Battlefield 5avg 36 fps
1080p
49
1440p
38
4K
20
Far Cry 5avg 38 fps
1080p
57
1440p
39
4K
18
Valorantavg 107 fps
1080p
68
1440p
172
4K
81

Average FPS across all PC games

1080p
59fps
1440p
35fps
4K
23fps

Cost per frame

Launch MSRP ($149) ÷ average FPS — lower is better.

1080p
$2.24
1440p
$3.70
4K
$6.60
Community Feedback

What Owners Say

Fans love it sips power so no extra cables needed and fits tiny builds. The usual gripe is the VRAM is too low for modern games.

Pros
  • Plays many games at medium settings
  • Fits into almost any small PC
  • Sips power, runs cool and quiet
  • No extra power cables needed
Cons
  • Too slow for modern games
  • Only 4GB VRAM limits textures
  • No ray tracing performance at all

Supported technologies

NVENCAV1 Encode

Full specifications

Graphics processor
Architecture
Turing
Process node
12 nm
Transistors
4.7 B
SM Count
7
Release date
2019
Launch price
$149
Core configuration
CUDA Cores
896
TMUs
56
ROPs
32
L2 cache
1024 MB
Memory
Size
4 GB
Type
GDDR5
Bus width
128-bit
Bandwidth
128 GB/s
Memory clock
2000 MHz
Clocks & throughput
Base clock
1485 MHz
Boost clock
1665 MHz
FP32 (float)
2.984 TFLOPS
FP16 (half)
2.984 TFLOPS
Pixel rate
53 GPixel/s
Texture rate
93.24 GTexel/s
Board & power
TDP
75W
Suggested PSU
150W
Power connectors
None
Bus interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
Length
229 mm
Slot width
2-slot
Display & outputs
Max resolution
7680×4320
Outputs
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort

API and SDK support

DirectX
12 (12_1)
Shader Model
6.5
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
1.2
Vulkan
1.2.131
CUDA
7.5
Verdict

Our verdict on the GTX 1650

A modest Turing-based card that runs on slot power alone, but its 4GB of memory already felt too small at launch.

Get it if you need a basic, low-power card for an older PC with no extra power cables. Skip it if you want to play any modern games at decent settings, as this is painfully slow.

Buy it if…

  • You need a basic GPU for older games without a power cable.
  • You are building a budget PC that just needs a display output.
  • You want a low-power card for a small office or media PC.
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